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Unclenching Our Fists: Abusive Men on the Journey to Nonviolence
Contributor(s): Acker, Sara Elinoff (Author)

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 ISBN: 0826519415     ISBN-13: 9780826519412
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
OUR PRICE: $83.95  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Abuse - General
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 362.829
LCCN: 2013002806
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.05 lbs) 224 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
This book features eleven first-person stories of men from diverse class and racial backgrounds who have made a long-term commitment to end their physical and emotional abuse and controlling behaviors. These men speak frankly about the abuse they inflicted on their families, what it took to get them to face themselves, and how they feel about the damage they have caused. All participated in violence intervention programs, some for as long as ten years. To put a face on violence and to encourage activism for reform, most of the eleven have allowed their photos and real names to be used in the book.


Surrounding this material are chapters that provide context about the disputes among researchers about whether batterer intervention programs work (only a small number of batterers renounce their abuse) and chapters that address the reactions of partners to these stories. When the Man You Love is Abusive is designed to caution women not to be manipulated by accounts of change and to outline the stages men need to pass through in the long process of becoming accountable. The Last Word: Voices of Survivors ends the book with a focus group discussion in which former abuse victims and advocates respond candidly to the men's stories.

Contributor Bio(s): Acker, Sara Elinoff: - Sara Elinoff Acker has been an activist in the battered women's movement since 1985. She worked in shelter programs in Northern Vermont and Western Massachusetts and in 1992 started the partner contact program at Men Overcoming Violence (MOVE) in Amherst. Acker became a certified batterer intervention group leader in 1996 and ran groups for abusive men for over ten years. She now works as a psychotherapist in private practice.
 
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